The origins of neopaganism and Prof. Ronald Hutton

[icymist]

4. Huh! Kind of like tapping.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/wellbeing/7220734/Tapping-therapy-curing-physical-and-mental-problems.html

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These therapies claimed that our bodies contain invisible energy pathways – meridians – and identified hundreds of acupoints at junctions along these interconnecting highways. They can be disrupted by life's vicissitudes; in extreme cases, resulting in not only mental but also physical problems.

EFT works by a person tapping on just nine of these acupoints, while speaking aloud. And this is where it becomes a little weird. Working in pairs we identify a minor physical ailment and repeat the phrase, "Even though I have this sore knee / headache / lack of energy, I deeply and completely accept myself," while tapping on the meridian points: the soft part of the hand beneath the little finger, crown of the head, around the eyes, beneath the nose, the chin, near the clavicle and beneath the armpit. I just about resist the urge to "ooh ooh" like a monkey
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I've heard a lot of good things about tapping.